Seaweed Roundtable: Arts and Culture

Explore the culture and aesthetics of seaweed - including in painting, decorative arts, literature, and visual and material culture during a roundtable discussion with experts moderated by Naomi Slipp, Chief Curator, NBWM.

This discussion is presented in conjunction with A Singularly Marine and Fabulous Produce: the Cultures of Seaweed exhibition, which is open to the public from June 15 - December 3, 2023, and is curated by Naomi Slipp, Douglas, and Cynthia Crocker Endowed Chair for the Chief Curator, and Maura Coughlin, Northeastern University. Much like the space of the shoreline itself, which is never a fixed point but always moving, shifting, and changing depending on the tide, seaweed is uniquely invigorated by its marine environment and constantly evolving - both in form and appearance and in its cultural and social meanings and uses. Because of this, designers, artists, photographers, and artisans have turned to it for inspiration in painting, decorative arts, and design and as the material medium with which they have created souvenirs, mementos, and scrapbooks.

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